[mythtv-users] New install stuck at frontend setup

[Jason Hamilton]

If a keyboard isn't an option to hook up to it.  If you enabled VNC on the
box during the install you can always use a VNC client to remote into the
desktop.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Stephen Villano <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com
> wrote:

> With Ubuntu, you'd have to give root a password, then you could SSH
> in. That's a security feature, as it's impossible to login as root
> with no password set.
> The proper practice was outlined by Thomas. SSH in as the user you
> created, then sudo your commands as needed.
>
> On 9/2/15, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:52 PM Bert Haskins <bhaskins at chartermi.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/2/2015 5:23 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
> >>
> >> Or the frontend log.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> You may have the wrong password in there. Check the backend log (ssh
> >>> should be working).
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Bert Haskins < <bhaskins at chartermi.net
> >
> >>> bhaskins at chartermi.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> New install of mythbuntu and it's been years since I have done this.
> >>>>
> >>>> The box powers up and right after the password goes into frontend
> >>>> setup.
> >>>> It then just loops around through 1/1 and 1/2 and nothing seems to
> make
> >>>> it happy.
> >>>> The only way that I can escape from this is by power down.
> >>>>
> >>>> Earlier I was able to scan and play many channels using Hdhomerun
> >>>> config
> >>>> and I can show
> >>>> the Mythtv page in a browser.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can someone tell me how to fix this?
> >>>> At this point I've lost the entire system.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>    Bert
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >>
> >> SSH won't accept the root password??
> >> Strange... I logged in at least a  dozen times with that password.
> >> I guess it's reinstall time so all of that setup time goes blub, blub.
> >> blub.
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> >>
> > Well, Ubuntu doesn't have a root password thus you cannot SSH into a box
> as
> > root.
> >
> > However, you can SSH in as the user you created during installation.
> >
> > Or you can hook up a keyboard and hit Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal over
> > the frontend.
> >
> > Or you can verify your backend password and input that into the frontend.
> >
> >
> > There are many ways you can access your box. Please don't default to
> > "Reinstall", whenever something goes a way you don't expect.
> > --
> > Thomas Mashos
> >
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